* 1890 – Anthony Fokker, Dutch aviation engineer ( d. 1939 )

* 1890 – Man Ray, American photographer and artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.

* 1890 – Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer ( d. 1962 )

* 1890 – Marin Sais, American actress ( d. 1971 )

* 1890 – David Wilber, American politician ( b. 1820 )

* 1890 – Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer ( b. 1825 )

* 1947 – King George II of Greece ( b. 1890 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

* 1890 – Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.

* 1890 – Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American activist ( d. 1964 )

* 1890 – Michalis Dorizas, Greek javelin thrower ( d. 1957 )

* 1890 – Elizabeth Bolden, American super-centenarian ( d. 2006 )

* 1890 – Jacques Ibert, French composer ( d. 1962 )

* 1890 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday ( d. 1971 )

* 1890 – Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English pilot ( d. 1918 )

* 1890 – The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D. C.

* 1890 – Art Acord, American actor and rodeo rider ( d. 1931 )

Historians identify several waves of migration to the United States: one from 1815 – 1860, in which some five million English, Irish, Germanic, Scandinavian, and others from northwestern Europe came to the United States ; one from 1865 – 1890, in which some 10 million immigrants, also mainly from northwestern Europe, settled, and a third from 1890 – 1914, in which 15 million immigrants, mainly from central, eastern, and southern Europe ( many Austrian, Hungarian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Italian, and Romanian ) settled in the United States.

* 1956 – Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines ( b. 1890 )

* February 29 – Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines ( b. 1890 )

Elpidio Rivera Quirino ( November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956 ) was a Filipino politician, and the sixth President of the Philippines.

Sir Francis Richard Grey ( 31 March 1813 – 22 March 1890 ) married Lady Elizabeth Howard ( 1816 – 1891 ), daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle and Georgiana Cavendish ( daughter of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ).

* George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow ( 1825 – 1890 ), Scottish politician

* Frederick William Burton Conyngham, 6th Marquess Conyngham ( 1890 – 1974 )

* George Frederick Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow ( 1825 – 1890 )

* Albert Francis Joseph Horatio Nelson, 6th Earl Nelson ( 1890 – 1957 )

* John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans ( 1890 – 1922 )

* Robert Cornwallis Maude, 6th Viscount Hawarden ( 1890 – 1914 )

* Bryan Bertram Bellew, 6th Baron Bellew ( 1890 – 1981 )

John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans, MC was born on 11 June 1890 at 13 Grosvenor Gardens London to Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans ( 11 February 1835 – 24 September 1911 ) and his wife Emily Harriett Labouchere ( 24 June 1844 – 18 October 1933 ).

) When Angelo arrived in San Francisco with his family in 1890, he attended school but left after 6th grade to work in jobs that ranged from cash boy to a clerk in a couple of different florist shops, including Carbone and Sons and Pelicano and Sons, which became Pelicano and Rossi when he became a partner in the early 1900s.

Bohemians were founded on 6th September 1890 at the gate lodge leading onto the R101 road ( Ireland ) | North Circular Road in the Phoenix Park.

* Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown ( 1835 – 1890 )

* Lady Blanche Linnie Somerset ( 1897 – 1968 ), married John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans ( 11 June 1890 – 31 March 1922 ) who died in a riding accident during a steeplechase ) aged 31, leaving issue two daughters.

* Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown 14 June 1887 – 30 May 1890

* Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope 18 March 1890 – 19 April 1905

Dwight David " Ike " Eisenhower ( pronounced, ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969 ) was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961.

* 1890 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico ( d. 1973 )

* 1890 – In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.

* 1890 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and 34th President of the United States ( d. 1969 )

In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison appointed him Solicitor General of the United States ; at age 32, he was the youngest-ever Solicitor General.

* January 1 – Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon ( b. 1890 )

* March 28 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States ( b. 1890 )

* September 2 – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam ( b. 1890 )

After being ratified in the Senate on April 8, 1890 by a vote of 51-1, the Sherman Act passed unanimously ( 242-0 ) in the House of Representatives on June 20, 1890, and was then signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison on July 2, 1890.

John Charles Frémont or Fremont ( January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890 ), was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States.

* Dwight D. Eisenhower ( 1890 – 1969 ), a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, popularly known as " Ike "

In 1890, Clark was appointed ambassador to Liberia by President Benjamin Harrison.

Poland was incorporated May 10, 1890 with Charles Bowen as the first President ( Mayor ).

* Hermann von Dechend ( 1814 – 1890 ), first President of the Reichsbank

The public practice of polygamy by the church was terminated in 1890 by the Manifesto issued by church President Willford Woodruff in which he publicly declared “ that my advice to the Latter-day Saints is to refrain from contracting any marriages forbidden by the law of the land.

After visiting priesthood leaders in many settlements, President Woodruff left for San Francisco on September 3, 1890, to meet with prominent businessmen and politicians.

The final element in President Woodruff's revelatory experience came on the evening of September 23, 1890.

From 1890 to 1892 he was Vice President of the Chamber, then in 1893 President.

After publishing articles critical of President Porfirio Díaz, he was arrested in 1890 on charges of sedition and sentenced to 14 months of imprisonment.